Becoming lucid but waking up prematurely...

[cL0cKradi0]

... i wanted to bang so i was dreaming and i was in some stupid desert on a stage and i saw a bigass northern pike looking thing come out of the sand and i thought to myself, "damn i havent seen a pike come out of the sand before, i might be dreaming!" so i looked at my tattoo on my left hand to clarify and i became lucid because my tattoo looked llike a glass cup. And it isn't a glass cup. So i began spinning because i hear that helps settle you down during a lucid dream and i continued to dive into the sand and swam through it and came out and was welcomed by a giant swimming pool with hundreds of fineass babes everywhere and i woke up. It sucked ass and i am getting frustrated waking up during all my lucid dreams. Got any tips or an analysis of maybe why????

[Robot_Butler]

It doesn't sound like you did anything wrong. Maybe you are just becoming lucid towards the end of your dreams. This is pretty common. As you start to wake up, your brain becomes a little more aware, increasing the chances of becoming lucid. You can try to re-enter the dream as soon as you feel yourself waking. You risk blacking out and forgetting the dream ever happened, but sometimes it is worth the risk.

[Hermes|]

That sucks man. No tips, but keep on trying you'll get it eventually.

[Baron Samedi]

It doesn't sound like you did anything wrong. Maybe you are just becoming lucid towards the end of your dreams. This is pretty common. As you start to wake up, your brain becomes a little more aware, increasing the chances of becoming lucid. You can try to re-enter the dream as soon as you feel yourself waking. You risk blacking out and forgetting the dream ever happened, but sometimes it is worth the risk. What Robot_Butler said is great. I would like to add that you may becoming so excited that it wakes you up. Do not be amazed. This happened to me for decades before I learned how to stay in lucid dreams. Something you might try is re-entering the dream after waking up. Visualize the entire dream as you fall asleep. This is something that require practice also.

[cL0cKradi0]

could you explain re-entering a dream more in-depth? i'd like to figure out how to do that

[Filimonki]

Well, basically, just lay down again thinking about having a lucid dream. There are tecniques like DEILD, which means that you have to get up for an hour or half an hour, and do something that first wakes you up, and then keeps you consentrated on LD stuff. Like first taking a shower, then reading about LDs. There are plenty of tutorials around, just look for them. Also, the scenario you just mentioned would be a perfect time to do a WILD.